Generative AI has made it cheap and fast to fake a face, a voice, and even an entire identity. Financial regulators have already seen the shift: beginning in 2023 and through 2024, U.S. banks reported a rise in suspicious activity tied to deepfake media used to defeat onboarding and authentication controls. The five biggest deepfake […]
Beyond the Selfie: Why Liveness and Deepfake Detection Is Now Essential in Identity Verification
For years, the “selfie check” was the go-to method for remote identity verification. The process seemed simple enough: hold your ID next to your face, snap a picture, and let the system decide if you’re the same person. But in 2025, that approach is dangerously outdated.Why? Because fraudsters have upgraded their playbook—and the tools they’re […]
When Your CEO Isn’t Your CEO: The Rise of Deepfake Impersonators in Video Calls
Imagine you’re on an important video conference with your company’s executive team. The CEO joins the call — looking and sounding exactly as you remember. He offers a quick greeting, apologizes for his poor internet connection, and turns his camera off to “save bandwidth.” Everyone assumes it’s business as usual. No one suspects the truth: […]
